Pencil-cushion.



G. P. IRELAND.

PENCIL CUSHION. APPLICATION FILED we. 17, 1906 Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

'ATTO EY GEORGE F. IRELAND, OF FORT TOTIEN, NEW YORK.

PENCIL-CUSHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application filed. August 17, 1906. Serial No. 330,948.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. IRELAND, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Fort Totten, in the county of Westchester andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPencil-Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a household or business article for holding aplurality of pens, pencils or similar articles, canes, umbrellas orsimilar articles, incandescent electric lamps, or other objects to whichthe device is adapted.

The special objects of the invention are to provide a holder which is aseasily used for pens and pencils as a pin cushion is for pins andneedles.

Without regard to the exact scope of the invention which is attended toin the claims, the organization embraces a rubber base, a concave-convexrubber piece thereon and integral therewith, and having a plurality ofparallel perforations therethrough, the lower portions of which arecylindrical, and the upper portions taperingly hexagonal.

Figure 1 is a plan of the article. Some of the holes are shown circular,but they may all be of the shape seen in Fig. 3, on an enlarged scale.Fig. 2 is a side elevation, with some omissions, and with some hiddenparts shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is plan of a portion of a similararticle, with the perforations therein of preferred form, and shown on agreatly enlarged scale, the article in the former figures being aboutthe natural size. Fig. 4t is a vertical section centrally through therubber to exhibit the approximate shape internally. Fig. 5 is a plan ofa holder so changed as to be adapted to hold a square ink bottle.

The article as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of the base a, on whichis a concave-convex piece I), integral with the base, with the concaveportion toward the base, by which the article is partly hollow, asindicated by the dotted line 0, and having numerous perforations d, e,f,g, h, i, j, etc.

When circular holes are employed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, there arecomparatively large triangular portions between the holes, even when thelatter are as close together as practicable. When the pen or penoil istherefore darted into the article, it is almost as likely to strike therubber as a hole,

whereas I desire it to be as sure to enter a hole as a pin is topuncture a pin cushion.

According to the scope of invention shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, thisfavorable result may be accomplished. The lower portions of the holesstill remain cylindrical, but the upper portions are gradually enlargedand developed into the shape of truncated hexagons, k, with theconsequence that thin walls Z with equal thickness throughout the upperedges, and flexible and easily yielding are produced, said walls forminghexagonal partitions, the same as in a honey comb.

In the ink-stand shown in Fig. 5, there is a base A, on which there aretwo pieces B having cylindrical hexagonal holes therein, and spacedsufiiciently apart to leave room at M for an ink bottle. There arevertical walls N connecting the pieces B for preventing the ink bottlefrom slipping out of the opening M.

The invention may be modified without' departing from the spiritthereof. For ex ample, that portion of the base a which is di rectlyunder the perforated piece b may be omitted. It is preferable however,because it prevents the point of a en or the ink thereon, from damaginga tab e or desk.

I claim as my invention 1. A holder consisting of a rubber base, and aconcavo-convex rubber piece thereon, having a plurality of perforationstherethrough.

2. A holder consisting of a mass of rubber having a plurality ofcontiguous and parallel cylindrical perforations, with the upper portionof each perforation enlarged to form a hexagonal opening, so that thewall between .any of the central perforations and the six next adjacentperforations is hexagonal both 011 the inside and on the outside.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my. own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. IRELAND.

Witnesses:

L. E. HIoKs, EDWARD P. THoMPsoN.

